DISCOURSE ANALYSIS      3 Credit Hours

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Explores various approaches to discourse analysis (e.g., critical discourse analysis, narrative theory, systemic functional linguistics) and teaches students how to use them to conduct linguistic analyses of discourse. We will examine discourse in terms of the key functions language serves as a form of social action: to represent the world, to invoke and create social relationships, interactions, and identities, and to organize utterances into meaningful discursive events and products.